Aid agencies are setting up emergency shelters. Hoping to steady the ship. Uk Prime Minister borisjohnson adds new recruits to his inner circle at Downing Street. And brightening up The Dark Nordic Winter as europes largest Festival Of Lights illuminates the danish capital. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. One of indias most famous singers, Lata Mangeshkar, has died at the age of 92. The Bollywood Superstar was known to millions as the nightingale of india and had an extraordinary career spanning over half a century, singing more than 30,000 songs in 36 languages. She was hospitalised last month with covid. In a tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said she leaves a void in the nation that cannot be filled. Rajini vaidyanathan looks back at her life. Singing. She was one of the most recorded artists in history with thousands of songs to her name. The voice of the silver screen. Lata mangeshkar was a bollywood playback singer. In indian musicals where actor
Aid agencies are setting up emergency shelters. Hoping to steady the ship. Uk Prime Minister borisjohnson adds new recruits to his inner circle at Downing Street. And brightening up The Dark Nordic Winter as europes largest Festival Of Lights illuminates the danish capital. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. One of indias most famous singers, Lata Mangeshkar, has died at the age of 92. The Bollywood Superstar was known to millions as the nightingale of india and had an extraordinary career spanning over half a century, singing more than 30,000 songs in 36 languages. She was hospitalised last month with covid. In a tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said she leaves a void in the nation that cannot be filled. Rajini vaidyanathan looks back at her life. Singing. She was one of the most recorded artists in history with thousands of songs to her name. The voice of the silver screen. Lata mangeshkar was a bollywood playback singer. In indian musicals where actor
major consequences for all americans. just one hour from now the federal reserve is expected to roll out its eighth straight interest rate hike. experts, executives and the markets all hope it will be one of the smallest yet. just a few blocks away, down at the white house, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy will sit down for their first stare-down since mccarthy became speaker over the debt ceiling. if one doesn t blink soon, you can say goodbye to federal elt benefits and hello to a financial meltdown, all courtesy of your representatives on capitol hill. let s start with cnn s matt egan over at the fed. matt, is today the day that jerome powell starts to pump the brakes on these interest rate hikes? it certainly looks that way. it would be a big surprise if that didn t happen. fed officials have been dropping hints, strong hints for weeks now that they do plan to dial back this war on inflation today. the thinking is that the fed goes from a 50 basis poin
welcome to the show. first time president contending with a far-right opposition party. with the approval ratings in free fall. what would your next move be? how about hopping on air force one, and taking a right to meet a brutal foreign leader that you previously condemned? that is about joe biden is doing, by having to saudi arabia friday morning. he will meet with crown prince, mohammed bin salman, all man who was openly denounced on the campaign trail, and said the country should be a pariah. but biden hopes he can increase oil flows, as lower gas prices. a new york times college poll finds that biden s job approval sits at 33%. that is not even the worst news for the president. that poll also shows that 64% of democrats, want biden to step aside for another democratic presidential candidate in 2024. while only a quarter of democrats think biden should get the nomination again. compared to the 49% of republicans at the poll, support donald trump in 2024. his poll numbers
about trump s plans, which would move the country away from democracy and into full-blown autocracy. also tonight, expelled from the house of representatives, former congressman george santos begins his revenge tour. and he s already cashing in on his infamy. we begin tonight with notes on a florida scandal. a hot mess sending shock waves through the state s republican party. the florida man in question is not donald trump for once. instead, this is a scandal involving christian ziegler, the chairman of florida s republican party. this is ziegler, a longtime party official who served as vice chairman of the state party prior to his election as chair. he is now under criminal investigation for allegations related to sexual battery, including rape according to a complaint filed with the sarasota police department. ziegler has denied the allegations. a heavily redacted report was released thursday. as you can see, it includes mention of rape, sexual assault complaint, and se